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Re:Cockney Rhyming Slang History by Jackypot on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:19PM (#24770974)
There is 'Sherman' for an American which is Sherman Tank -> Yank. So that can only be WW2 onwards. And 'Ruby' for curry (Ruby Murray) is from the fifties. Those are the most recent I can think of.
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Re:Cockney Rhyming Slang History by gerdesj on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:41PM (#24771142)
Septic is the usual one for Yank. Sherman is too polite to be true. Besides, septics have been around far longer than WWII.
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